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Chlorodiella nigra

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae

Taxonomy
Cancer niger was named by Forskal (1775). It is extant. It is the type species of Chlorodiella.

It was recombined as Chlorodiella nigra by Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1775Cancer niger Forskal
2010Chlorodiella nigra Schweitzer et al. p. 125
2021Chlorodiella nigra Schweitzer et al. p. 16 fig. 6.7a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyXanthoideaMacLeay 1838
familyXanthidae
subfamilyChlorodiellinaeNg and Holthuis 2007
genusChlorodiellaRathbun 1897
speciesnigra(Forskal 1775)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Chlorodiella nigra Forskal 1775
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:35:07
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:35:07
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available